By Sean Williams
In a dystopic international after nuclear battle, the yank urban of Kennedy has walled itself off from the decline of the previous united states. made up our minds to proceed as a functioning city, Kennedy strictly patrols its obstacles and struggles to keep up the appearance of a contemporary urban. Now, forty years after the tip of the battle, Kennedy is in main issue. applied sciences are failing and replacements and maintenance will not be imminent. it's inside of this surroundings of technological and social stagnation that information of a Re-United States of the United States emerges - a RUSA that wishes Kennedy to rejoin. yet now not each person in Kennedy concurs with re-assimilation, and a chain of political assassinations and information thefts start. because the cut-off date for reunification looms, Phil Roads, the investigator assigned to resolve the killings and robberies, is below expanding strain. stuck among murderous opposing forces, and with risky secrets and techniques rising from his previous, his personal existence and occupation are at the line.
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As he watched, a shadow moved, stepped onto the littered roadway and into a wash of streetlight. The man stood a full foot shorter than he, with wide shoulders and a wrestler's build not yet soft with age. Receding mouse-brown hair exposed a high, proud forehead and generous ears. A thick moustache bristled beneath the snub nose, lending the man an air of familiarity that defied the best efforts of his memory. He might have seen this man somewhere before, although he wasn't sure where. It didn't matter.
Thirty seconds. " They stepped out of the car and into the street, pulling coats closer to protect their bodies. The rain was heavy and thick, falling in a warm sheet from the dark sky, a solid mass only slightly less dense than the nearby river. Their clothing consisted of the standard casual uniforms of the city's Regional Security Department: grey synthetic fabric, recycled aluminium buttons and thick greatcoats. Roads' genuine leather boots were a rarity in Kennedy, and allowed him to walk through puddles with greater comfort than Barney.
The bar was full of half-seen, vaguely demonic shapes that twisted and writhed in the smoke of a hundred lit cigarettes, thrown into sharp relief by irregular strobes. Music blared from towering wall speakers as Roads and Barney headed in the general direction indicated by the bouncer. An expansive, horseshoe-shaped counter draped with bodies lay across their path. Short but solid, Roads used his weight plus the occasional elbow to clear a way through the crowd. Barney followed close at his heels.
